Al-Ahli hospital overwhelmed by casualties from ongoing school bombings
No.
2077
Date
8 August, 2024
Original Social Media Post
"مشاهد مروعة في المستشفى المعمداني بعد ارتكاب جيش الاحتلال الإسرائيلي مجزرة في مدرستي عبد الفتاح حمود والزهراء اللتين تؤويان نازحين شرق مدينة #غزة
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Archivist Notes On This Video
Report form Al-Ahli hospital following strikes on 2 schools in Gaza City. Translation of key points:
- A child is heard crying in horrible pain throughout the entire TV report (over 5 minutes).
- The news anchor concerningly interrupts Islam about the lack of anaesthetic or painkillers, which Islam could not confirm but did not rule out.
- Ahli Hospital is a small facility; previously, most cases were referred to Al-Shifa, but it is currently the only operational institution in Gaza City.
- Excess casualties are transferred to the Indonesian and Kamal Adwan hospitals in north Gaza City, both of which are also small.
- More casualties continue to arrive.
- Corpses laid behind the reporter, where funeral prayers are held.
- Martyrs are interred on the grounds of Ahli Hospital due to the danger, the lack of available cemeteries, and their desecration by IDF.
- Ahli hospital now also serves as a cemetery, compounding the already difficult atmosphere in the overcrowded facility filled with refugees, queues of patients, mourners, etc.
- Ahli Hospital also serves as a cemetery, complicating the atmosphere in the overcrowded facility filled with refugees and mourners.
- Martyrs are observed being taken to the cemetery on hospital grounds.
- The reception area has only 6 beds and no medical equipment; the church on the premises has been repurposed as a reception area.
- Total of 10 beds available while casualties arrive in dozens; those in excess must lie on the floor, waiting for their turn.
- Surgical capabilities limited to 2 operating rooms: life-saving interventions and orthopedic surgeries only. All other procedures are either unavailable or distributed among various hospitals (Indonesian Hospital and Patient's Friend Hospital)
Geolocation in Google maps (to be confirmed):
- Abdul Fattah Hamoud school: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ed8pJyUcYQGNiZzn9
- Al-Zahra school: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8AmubWKewt7qo14w6